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MODERN STYLE

The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”

Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.

Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chaircrafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.

It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.

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Style: Modern
Modern Bordeira Coffee Table, Calacatta Marble, Handmade Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Bordeira coffee table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Designed by Rute Martins for the Contemporary Collection, the Bordeira modern coffee ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Furniture

Materials

Marble

Swiss modern Watch Sparckling Life GZ902 by Swatch with plexiglass box, 1998
Located in MIlano, IT
Swiss modern Watch Sparckling Life GZ902 by Swatch with plexiglass box, 1998 Watch mod. Sparckling Life GZ902 with brown-beige plastic strap and with a cork instead of the dial. On t...
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1990s Swiss Modern Furniture

Materials

Plastic

Italian modern white wooden bedside table with shaped top, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern white wooden bedside table with shaped top, 1980s Bedside table with rectangular base in white painted wood. The top has a curved decorative shape, under the top there...
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1980s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture

Materials

Metal

One of a kind Contemporary Calacatta Table with 18crt / 24crt Golden Scar
By Roos Schneijderberg
Located in ALPHEN AAN DEN RIJN, ZH
A serene piece about Enlightenment. THE SCAR WILL BE YOUR TREASURE is an aesthetic, philosophic conceptual one of a kind hand-crafted piece expressing heaven’s way and the human cap...
Category

2010s Dutch Modern Furniture

Materials

Marble, Gold, Stainless Steel

Lampada a sospensione nello stile di Stilnovo - vetro opalino
Located in Lugo, IT
Lampada a sospensione in vetro opalino. Buone condizioni. 39 cm altezza vetro Grazie
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1950s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture

Materials

Glass

Curvy Studio Pottery Ikebana Triple Vase
Located in Vallejo, CA
A vintage studio pottery triple vase. Unique curvy shape with a beautiful purple, blue, and gray glaze. Perfect for making a sculptural ikebana floral arrangement.
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Furniture

Materials

Pottery

7x10.2 Ft Vintage Turkish Area Rug, Handmade Woolen Carpet in Beige and Blue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A finely hand-knotted vintage Turkish carpet from 1960s. The rug has even low wool pile on cotton foundation. It is heavy and lays flat on the floor, in very good condition with no i...
Category

20th Century Turkish Modern Furniture

Materials

Wool, Cotton

Blenko Purple Hand Blown Glass Paper Bag Vase
Located in East Quogue, NY
Vintage Blenko pale purple amethyst hand-blown paper bag art glass vase circa 1980s. Size: 8" tall x 4.5" wide x 2.5" deep Great overall vintage condition, wear commensurate w...
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1980s American Vintage Modern Furniture

Materials

Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass

Modern Parchment Tables Karl Springer LTD
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Classic Springer designs. Wood construction with lacquered leather / goat skin. Mesa cylinder drum tables and oval racetrack coffee table in ivory hues. Original vintage condition wi...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Furniture

Materials

Goatskin, Wood

Pair of Gold Metal and Chrome Side Tables with Glass Top
Located in Brussels , BE
Very elegant side tables with metallic accents.
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1970s Vintage Modern Furniture

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Massive Hackberry Cream Epoxy Resin Modern Dining Table
Located in İnegöl, TR
HACKBERRY CREAM EPOXY RESIN DINING TABLE This epoxy table emerges as a unique work of art, inspired by nature's beauty. The epoxy table stands out not only for its design but also...
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21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Furniture

Materials

Aluminum

Vintage Coastal Rattan Wrapped Side Table or Service Bar
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Coastal Rattan Wrapped Side Table or Service Bar Offered for sale is a vintage coastal modern side table that is wrapped in split rattan. The table would make a great serv...
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1970s Vintage Modern Furniture

Materials

Rattan

Plaster Virgin Traditional Figure, Circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Traditional religious plaster figure of a virgin. Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and...
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1950s Spanish Vintage Modern Furniture

Materials

Plaster

Costantini Diego Modern Real Gold Made Murano Glass Vase with Dragonflies
Located in Murano, Venezia
Handmade Murano glass blown vase with real 24kt gold leaf and multicolored dragonflies attached with magnet. The vase contains 14 dragonflies. Modern...
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2010s Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

FLIS - Solid brass floor light handmade by Diaphan Studio
Located in Milan, IT
Flis is a sculptural floor lamp, a dynamic composition of two floating cubes. Each viewpoint unveils a different silhouette, a playful act between two elements reaching at their vertices, occasionally converging into a unity. When lit, the two cubes display...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Brass, Steel

Helena Tynell Vase
Located in San Francisco, CA
A glass vase by Helena Tynell for Riihimaen/Lasi Oy. Signed Helena Tynell
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1960s Finnish Vintage Modern Furniture

Materials

Glass

Stoneware ARO bowl by Gunnar Nylund
Located in San Francisco, CA
ARO stoneware bowl in shade of tan and brown. Inscribed with artist signature and Rorstand studio mark. Excellent condition with no chips, cracks, or crazing.
Category

1950s Swedish Vintage Modern Furniture

Materials

Stoneware

In Stock in Los Angeles, Green Rabbit Mini Portable Charger
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Rabbit Mini power bank battery charger In stock in Los Angeles Power bank. You can carry Rabbit MINI in your bag as an external battery for yo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Plastic

In Stock in Los Angeles, Light Blue Rabbit Mini Portable Charger
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Rabbit mini power bank battery charger In stock in Los Angeles Power bank. You can carry Rabbit MINI in your bag as an external battery for your smartphone or any other device. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Plastic

Cerused Distressed Oak Parsons Style Rectangular Dining Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Monumental rectangular dining table measuring 10 feet long featuring an oak veneer with a distressed, cerused stained finish. The table was designed in the parsons style with modern ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Furniture

Materials

Oak

Fruit Bowl in marble, by Karen Chekerdjian, Made in Italy
Located in Milan, IT
The value of change in a simple act, in stock. Karen Chekerdjian’s new creation puts design front and center: from one foundation, multiple possibilities. An essential shape and cla...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Marble

Maharam Pillow, Wide Corduroy
Located in New York, NY
Maharam Pillow Wide Corduroy 005 Oleander Founded in 1902, Maharam offers a comprehensive collection of textiles for commercial and residential interiors. Maharam pillows featur...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Furniture

Materials

Cotton

New Modern Fruit Bowl in White Marble, Creator Karen Chekerdjian Stock
Located in Milan, IT
The value of change in a simple act, in stock. Karen Chekerdjian’s new creation puts design front and centre: from one foundation, multiple possibilities. An essential shape and cla...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Marble

Coffee Center Cocktail Table All Glass Curved Shape Collectible Design Italy
Located in Ancona, Marche
“Bent straights” table origins in a game of curves, arising from a two-dimensional surface turning into three-dimensional objects, prospectively contradictory, deceiving the percepti...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Cut Glass

Modern Shell "Origami" Solid Wood
Located in Dietmannsried, Bavaria
Handmade wooden bowl "Origami" like a folded paper this object works. The solid wood is kinked glued and fine worked. Wood species here oak. ...
Category

2010s German Modern Furniture

Materials

Ash, Cherry, Oak, Walnut, Wood

New Modern Cup in Green Guatemala Marble, creator Michele Chiossi
Located in Milan, IT
Cup in Green Guatemala Marble. Size: 5.5 x 6 cm, smooth finishing. Commercial name: Kadomatsu Cup, Jap Vegetation Collection by Michele Chiossi, Sculptor born in Tuscany. Made in Ita...
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2010s Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Marble

Fur Body Pillow, Black, Real Toscana Sheep Fur
Located in Sebastopol, CA
Real fur you can feel good about. Front is finished in 100% upcycled Toscana sheep fur from Spain, made from "leave behind" pieces from an Italian glove ...
Category

2010s American Modern Furniture

Materials

Fur

Maharam Pillow, Small Dot Pattern by Charles & Ray Eames
Located in New York, NY
Maharam Pillow Small Dot Pattern by Charles & Ray Eames 006 Document Reverse Small dot pattern offers an alternate scale of Dot Pattern, Ray Eames' 1947 design for the Museum of Mo...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Furniture

Materials

Cotton, Polyester

Modern Vintage Metal Glass Coffee Table Sofa Table Paolo Piva Style Italy 1980s
Located in Vienna, AT
Modern vintage coffee table or sofa table Paolo Piva style from chromed tube steel and clear glass. The sofa table is very similar to Paolo Piva and shows a square chromed tube stee...
Category

1980s Vintage Modern Furniture

Materials

Steel

Modern Handwoven Flat-Weave Wool Kilim Rug Abstract in White Mustard Green Pink
Located in Madrid, ES
Mosaico is an Abe the ape's desing for Kilombo Home. This rug has been ethically handwoven in the finest wool yarns by artisans in north of India, using a traditional weaving techni...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Furniture

Materials

Wool, Cotton

Tri-Fold Solid Walnut Folding Screen or Room Divider
Located in Newburgh, NY
Sculptural, self-supporting screen for use as a stand-alone or combined to create a larger privacy wall. The tri-fold design can be oriented with the form tapering either up or down....
Category

2010s American Modern Furniture

Materials

Walnut

Contemporary Handmade Room Size Turkish Shag Rug
Located in New York, NY
A handmade modern Turkish Tulu shag rug from the 21st century in blue, rust orange, green, and aubergine.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Furniture

Materials

Wool

Piero Fornasetti Series 8 Coasters Commissioned by Banca Unione Milan
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Complete set of eight porcelain coasters produced in 1970 by Piero Fornasetti; they were expressly commissioned by the Banca Unione of Milan; the graphics with the decoration "Le Monete" represents eight variations on the theme of coins made in black and pure gold with the third firing; the term "third firing" means, in ceramics, the third firing that is applied to an object to add decorations, especially those in pure gold, a technique that requires great skill and precision; the saucers represent in numerical order 1)Boat, 2)Home, 3)idea, 4)Everything, 5)Holidays, 6)Christmas, 7)Student, 8)Car; they are contained in a golden cardboard case. These are Fine collectibles in excellent condition; the saucers were created in 1970 to be given as gifts by Banca Unione of Milan to its customers; they were made by Piero Fornasetti (1931-1988) a versatile and eclectic founder of the design and decorative arts atelier that bears his name. The Banca Unione was established in 1919 by Carlo Feltrinelli, father of Giangiacomo, a publisher very close to the left; among the minority shareholders were Bastogi (the largest Italian financial); since 1968 the bank became the property of the financier and fixer Michele Sindona (1920-1986) who secured the absolute majority along with the Vatican; the Bank dedicated itself to the Italian market by launching an unprecedented commercial policy, in an attempt to reconcile the interests of the institution with socially advanced actions. According to Sindona, in Italy, banks were only interested in the wealthy, snubbing the categories of workers with modest incomes. Sindona overturned this logic and, ahead of his time, sent Banca Unione promoters into the factories. Sindona was a member of the P2 lodge (card no. 0501) and had clear associations with Cosa Nostra and the Gambino family in the United States. Involved in the Calvi affair, he was behind the murder of Giorgio Ambrosoli. He died poisoned...
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Large Embossed-Leather Framed Mirror
Located in Doylestown, PA
A large wall mirror with heavy beveled-glass plate in a faux alligator embossed leather frame.
Category

20th Century American Modern Furniture

Materials

Leather

Modern Bistro Table Lacquer Spreckled by Artist Ira Yeager
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Contemporary modern steel bistro or cafe style dining table lacquer spreckled by artist Ira Yeager (American 1938-2022). The pedestal table has a steel frame and a square top with ro...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Furniture

Materials

Steel

Maharam Covered Stool by Scholten & Baijings
Located in New York, NY
Covered Stool by Scholten & Baijings Small Dot Pattern by Charles and Ray Eames, 1947 105 Charcoal Tinted beechwood base with Small Dot pattern textile....
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Furniture

Materials

Textile, Wood

Schumacher Regalia Blue Two-Sided Linen Cotton Pillow
Located in New York, NY
This 20" x 20" pillow features Regalia in Blue, an artisanal print of mirrored silhouettes of rampant lions and stylized flowers on a textural union cloth ground. Feather/down fill i...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Furniture

Materials

Cotton, Linen

Bar Stool model "Jamaica" stool by Pepe Cortes, aluminium swivel seat steel legs
Located in Barcelona, ES
The Jamaica Stool is Spanish classic, and one of the best designed stools in history. Designed in 1991 by interior designer Pepe Cortes, the stool remains as modern as ever. Its mate...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Furniture

Materials

Steel, Aluminum

Schumacher Plaisirs De La Chine Pastoral Emerald Green Linen Two-Sided Pillow
Located in New York, NY
This Schumacher Classic pattern is a fanciful large scale pastoral based on a 1930s document. The artisanal table-print technique produces a layered, painterly effect. Featured as a ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Furniture

Materials

Linen

Vault Sideboard - 210cm
Located in Monte-Serzedo, 13
The inspiration was the common tv unit, but wanting to make it more. The usual shape is familiar and that brings a sence of comfort, also making it possible to use as a sideboard, as a bar cabinet or movie theatre... this opens a new whole world of user experience. Nowadays most of the time, peaple buy furniture to acomodate a need, but rarely they have the chance to be in charge of defining its purpose or usage. With Vault, they create a unique dynamic, exploring fuctionalities and making it theirs. Some of its special details can be very usefull in everyday life, the lenght wise shelf provides storage and decoration spaces, and the acoustic panel...
Category

2010s Portuguese Modern Furniture

Materials

Oak, Plywood

Schumacher Audrey Stripe Navy Two-Sided Cotton Pillow
Located in New York, NY
This 12" x 24" pillow features Audrey stripe in Navy. Charming and casual, this stripe is full of sweet details that are sure to delight time and time again. Feather/down insert incl...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Furniture

Materials

Cotton

Schumacher Paul Poiret Hydrangea Document Two-Sided Linen Cotton Pillow
Located in New York, NY
This 18" x 18" pillow features Hydrangea, a linen and cotton blended fabric, in Document. In this large-scale design, which Paul Poiret created exclusively for Schumacher in 1930, cl...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Furniture

Materials

Cotton, Linen

Fragile Structure#18 Norihiko Terayama Kaj Franck
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Green and blue are available. Red is sold. This series is made up of some glass and some ceramic works. These works are highly unique form and looking. Norihiko Terayama created the...
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2010s Japanese Modern Furniture

Materials

Glass

Schumacher Papillion Velvet Pewter Two-Sided Pillow
Located in New York, NY
This 18" x 18" pillow features our lively Papillon Velvet print, with whimsical butterflies silhouetted within an ogee trellis. Finished with Turkish Corners...
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21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Furniture

Materials

Cotton

Set of 3 Outdoor Terracotta Vases from the series "Gardenias" by Jaime Hayon
Located in Barcelona, ES
Jaime Hayon designed the Gardenia Vases in terracotta as a complement to his outdoor furniture collection. The three vases are unique in form, illustrating Hyaon's unmistakable hal...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Schumacher Amour Stripe Charcoal White Linen Two-Sided 18" Pillow
Located in New York, NY
Amour is an especially lovely stripe created by Schumacher's Design Studio. Printed on fine linen, its delicate lines and subtle colorations have a c...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Furniture

Materials

Linen

Schumacher Josef Frank Exotic Butterfly Spring Color Two-Sided 18" Linen Pillow
Located in New York, NY
A faithful reproduction of a never-before-seen design by Josef Frank, this pattern bears the designer's signature modernity, whimsy and warmth. A signature Schumacher pattern now fea...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Furniture

Materials

Linen

Martell Woodworks Claro Walnut Slab Coffee Table with Wenge Butterflies
Located in Mendocino, CA
This is an example of a Claro walnut slab coffee table I make, inlaid with wenge butterflies, and featuring a sculpted walnut base. The slab has bea...
Category

2010s American Modern Furniture

Materials

Walnut, Wenge

Wide Pacific Dresser in Cerused White Oak by VOLK
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Solid white oak with turned brass legs and drawer pulls. Cerused finish. Dimensions: 46” W x 18” D x 36” H.  
Category

2010s American Modern Furniture

Materials

Brass

Table Lamp Vacune Model by Eleonore Peduzzi Riva for Artemide, Italy
Located in Milan, Italy
Table lamp in milky and transparent blown glass. Artemide production. Designed by Eleonore Peduzzi Riva in 1968. Biography Eleanora Peduzzi-Riva (born in Milan, 1939) is an Italian...
Category

1960s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture

Materials

Murano Glass

Spectacular Abstract Totem Single Piece Available justfurnituress
Located in Guazzora, IT
The justfurnituress studio offers plastic recycled products The sculpture similar to a large silk ribbon that winds through the air with grace and lightness. The fluid and sinuous l...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Plastic

Pair of Modernist Square Pillows in Ecru & Muted Gold Tones with Piping Details
Located in New York, NY
This elegant pair of square modernist pillows features organic forms in muted gold hue- with piping in a matching tone- that float against an ecru background with a horizontal weave....
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Furniture

Materials

Cotton, Silk

Persimmon Orange Tapered Plum Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
This large tapered vase reinterprets the classic curves of traditional Chinese ceramics with simplified lines and a bright, persimmon-orange glaze. Sculpted by artisans in China's Zh...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Rug Lines -Carpet Tufted Grey Wool w/ Multicolor Lines Red Yellow Blue
Located in Dubai, Dubai
Design Title: "Lines" The carpet takes influence from the topographical lines off a map. Its a neutral light grey background with swirling lines from different directions. It has a ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Furniture

Materials

Wool

Pair of Murano Jet Black and Pulegoso Glass Lamps
Located in Austin, TX
Magnificent pair of handblown Murano glass lamps in jet black and "Pulegoso" opaline glass with brass ring elements. Rewired for the US. Pulegos...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Furniture

Materials

Murano Glass

Schumacher Josef Frank Citrus Garden Pool Blue Linen Two-Sided Pillow
Located in New York, NY
This archival Josef Frank print, created in 1947, bears the signature whimsy, color and personality for which the designer is known. The hand-drawn p...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Furniture

Materials

Linen

Gaulino Easy Chair by Oscar Tysquets black lacquered ashwood, contemporary
Located in Barcelona, ES
“The challenge was to design a light armchair, not too high, using wood and leather. At the beginning, it was going in a different direction, but after making various models, prototypes and considering BD’s design team’s different perspectives on the matter, the result has inevitably drawn toward what is now the Gaulino chair, which was designed nearly 30 years ago. We did not envision it so, but the ergonomics and the aesthetic coherence of this piece has taken us toward a solution much like the Gaulino chair, an heiress of Gaudí and Mollino, and have decided to conserve the name.” OSCAR TUSQUETS The Gaulino Easy Chair...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Furniture

Materials

Hide, Ash

Floor lamp attributed to Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Lugo, IT
Floor lamp attributed to Osvaldo Borsani. Dual ignition Good Condition Thank you
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1950s Italian Vintage Modern Furniture

Materials

Brass

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Find a broad range of unique Modern furniture for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, lighting, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Rug & Kilim, Schumacher, Vistosi, and Kartell. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee.

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